Canyon Springs High School - Open With Care Yearbook (Moreno Valley, CA)

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BABY COURTNEY RENEE and home «o- dcm Sonya Shtc -cs. The simulation included Omar Battle, the only boy in the class. PRACTICING on the computers helps Ben Mojica and ' aughn Martin, typing students. I . rts }9

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iNo ivory towers at Canyon Springs: job ' ' ' ' ' ' responsibilities i are taught through simulation I ( imuiations and practical, ' - hands-on experience helped students prepare for the world of work. Similar techniques were used to teach students in classes as dif- ferent as English and metal shop. According to Mrs. Sharon Walsh, English teacher, simula- tions helped her ninth-grade stu- dents learn the importance of neat work and good writing skills. When you fill out a real applica- tion, she emphasized, it will be easier if you have already had some hands-on practice. Taco Bell provided job applica- tions for her classes to fill out. Students taking home econom- ics had the opportunity to try their skills at a different aspect of job- hunting: the employment inter- view. Mrs. Shelly Grote had her JOB INTERVIEW: Mclan.e Mocny and Al.on dams pr.ut,.f ,ob micrv.cwmg techniques in a Simula- tion .onducicd by the home economics class. Mr. Don Hagen, Canyon Springs principal, attended the Simula- tions as a guest. classes play the roles of applicant and potential employer. Her students took part in an- other simulation, keeping ba- bies, dolls or stuffed animals, with them during school hours. The simulation was important, Grote explained, because it gave students an idea of what it is like to be responsible for another person. You learn responsibility, Tif- fany Benavides agreed, what it ' s like to have a child. Home economics and industrial technology together composed the Practical Arts Department, of which Mr. Ed Loman was the chairman. Teachers drew on their training and their own work exper- iences to help students prepare for the world after high schoo j8 Practical Arts

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v lasse: a new generation prepa re ■pj lanning for both present and future needs, Canyon Springs chose to emphasize classes that prepared students for the future: computers, math and science, the technical arts, had a prominent place in school plans from the start. The first decisions were made in April, 1986. Mr. Don Hagen, principal, and Mr. Richard Salley, computer coordinator, working to- gether, decided how many com- puters would be needed and what models would serve best. I recommended Macintosh for its wide range of applications, Salley said. We wanted them to be used in a lot of different ways, including math, English and typ- ing- The school purchased 72 Ma- cintosh computers, and students and staff members set about learn- ing to use them. Staff members had an orientation session before the school year began; many intro- ductory classes helped students during the year. One unusual feature of the school was its lack of typewriters. Typing was taught using comput- ers. Almost every profession in the future, Salley said, will use com- puters in some way. Because of the school ' s two-year status, only the basic math courses, algebra, geometry and life sciences were offered. HAND-EYE coordination is important when vou learn to type, said typing student Ryan Durham. Erii VX ' ashington uses the lomputcr to practice for his typing class. L, BORATORY work is what Dwaync Walke attempting to finish in his sixth-period biology. 40 Technical Arts mm